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Old May 06, 2012, 09:35 PM
yang0868 yang0868 is offline
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Originally Posted by critterlady View Post
I'm amazed that session notes in any US practice would be available to anyone except the therapist and any clinical supervision personnel. There are separate provisions in HIPAA for therapy notes, which are very different from the ones that apply to physician's clinical notations and any other medical records. The only things that HIPAA allows to be available to others (and then only with written permission) are "any summary of diagnosis, functional status, treatment plans, symptoms, prognosis or progress."

My family physician and other medical providers have absolutely no business knowing the content of my therapy sessions. They should know about diagnoses, treatment plans, progress, etc, but the specific things I share with T (like details of my CSA) are not and should not be their concern unless I choose to share with them.

I completely understand your no longer feeling safe with your T, Yang. I hope she can rebuild your trust.
Thanks Critterlady. You stated my hurt SO clearly in what you wrote. It's why I feel SO violated. I've shared some things with T that I'm SO ashamed of and feel like I would (WARNING TRIGGER!!!!) die knowing if someone else knew of it. I'm SO embarrassed to go back to the clinic but I miss T SOOOO much. Why did I have to have a connection with her? Now I feel like I should have never opened up to her. I would be lying to myself if I said I don't want to see T ever again. She wasn't even the one who violated my privacy. OT did. I'm getting all dizzy again. When will the hurt stop.